The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happ…

Bertrand Russell
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The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happiness he has and the less he is at the mercy of fate, since if he loses one thing he can fall back upon another. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). The Conquest of Happiness, p.59, W. W. Norton & Company
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The more things a man is interested in, the more opportunities of happiness he has and the less he is at the mercy of fate, since if he loses one thing he can fall back upon another. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2013). The Conquest of Happiness, p.59, W. W. Norton & Company

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